It includes twelve sovereign states -Argentina,Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,Colombia, Ecuador,Guyana,Paraguay,Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.

It is connected to North America through the Isthmus of Panama.

Brazil is the largest country in South America, encompassing around half of the continent's land area and population.

The smallest country in South America is called Suriname. It is about 50 times smaller than Brazil. At only 540,000 people, it also has the smallest population on the continent (and one of the smallest in the world).

South America is home to the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, Angel Falls in Venezuela.

It is also home to the highest single drop waterfall Kaieteur Falls in Guyana.The largest river (by volume), the Amazon River also falls in South America.

the longest mountain range, the Andes (whose highest mountain is Aconcagua at 6,962 mthe driest non-polar place on earth, the Atacama Desert,the largest rainforest, the Amazon Rainforestthe highest capital city, La Paz, Boliviathe highest commercially navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicacathe world's southernmost permanently inhabited community, Puerto Toro, Chile, all lie in South America.

Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador are one of the largest producers of coffee in the world.

Chile is the largest producer of Nitrate in the world.

Venezuela has the largest known oil and gas reserves.

The two territories in South America include the Falkland Islands (U.K) and French Guiana (Fr.).

The highest waterfall in the world is located in South America. It is Angel Falls in Venezuela.Major rivers in South America include the Amazon River, the Parana River, the Orinoco River,

Africa, the second largest continent (after Asia), covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth. The continent is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the mingling waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.

Africa the world's second largest continent. Africa is also the world's second most populous continent

Major Biomes: desert, savanna, rain forest

Major cities:Cairo, EgyptLagos, NigeriaKinshasa, Democratic Republic of the CongoJohannesburg South AfricaKhartoum SudanAlexandria, EgyptAbidjan, Cote d'IvoireCasablanca, MoroccoCape Town, South AfricaDurban, South Africa

The highest point in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania The lowest point is Lake Asal in Djibouti The largest country in Africa is Algeria, the smallest is the Seychelles. The most populated country is Nigeria.The largest lake in Africa is Lake Victoria and the longest river is the Nile River, which is also the longest river in the world.